The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-04-17

himself as to get out of bed at that hour.
Breakfast is served from to 10 a. M, lunch
from l to 2 p. M, dinner from to p. m,
and supper from to 10 p m. in the inter
walls between breakfast and lunch, lunch
and dinner, dinner and supper, the passen-
gers assist digestion with ginger nuts, prunes,
oranges, nuts, cake, and many other things,
looked upon with horror by the natural
man; and this never ceases until the end of
the voyage, giving employment to the cook
till 10 p. m. The bakers finish the days
work at z p. m. The stewards turn out at
g a. m, clean saloons, smoking room, etc,
and prepare the tables for breakfast; a
portion of the stewards attend the bed
rooms but the greater number attend at
table or wherever they may be required.
They finnish the days work at II p. M
and are the hardest worked men on board
the ship.
The amount of provisions, groceries, ETC.,
on board at the time of sailing are very
large. For a single passage TO the westward
one of the steamers, with 547 cabin passen-
gers and a crew of 287 persons, had, when
leaving Liverpool Aug 2S last, the follow
ing quantities Of provisions: 1850 pounds
fresh beef, 760 pounds corned beef, $500
pounds mutton, $50 pounds lamb $50 pounds
fresh fish, 800 fowls, 300 chickens, 100
ducks, 80 geese, so turkeys, POO brace grouse,
- tons potatoes, 80 hampers vegetables, 220
quarts ice cream, 900 quarts milk and H.
500 eggs.
In groceries alone there were over 200 pif-
ferent articles, including $50 pounds tea,
1,200pounds coffee, 1000 pounds white sugar,
$500 pounds moist sugar, $50 pounds pull
verified sugar. l,500 pounds cheese, 1900
pounds butter, $500 pounds ham aud 1000
pounds bacon
The consumption may easily be accounted
for when it is considered that the crew each
member OF which is allowed 2 pounds Of
beef per day. use 514 pounds, that $50 pounds
per day will be used in making beef ca
making total OF 924 pounds for the crew
and the single item of beef tea; then break
fast lunch, dinner and supper for 547 pas
sengers accounts for the remainder; II 800
eggs appears to be a large consumption for
an eight days passage--it is in reality one
egg per minute from the time the ship sails
from Liverpool until her arrival at New
York-but they are prepared in many ways
for breakfast and disappear in hundreds at
supper; in fact, it is not an unusual thing TO
see lady or gentleman finish off "A supper
OF grilled chicken and deviled sardines with
Tour poached eggs on toast, and ii is the same
with everything ON board.
The quantities Of wine, spirits, beer, etc,
put ON board for consumption on the round
voyage comprise 100 bottles Of champagne,
$50 bottles of claret, 5000 bottles Of ale,
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mineral waters, $50 bottles of various
spirits Crockery is broken very extern
Slvely, being at the rate of 900 plates $50
cups 43S @uceiS, l,2l3 tumblers, 200 wine
glasses, ~ decantcis and 63 water bottles in
single voyage
Passengers annually drink ard smoke 10
the following extent s ,030 bottles and 1903
half bottles champagne, 1891 bottles and
1910 half bottle, claret. 900 bottles other
wines, 1894 bottles ale and porter, 17402l
bottles mineral waters, "a, 100 bottles spirits,
1880 pounds tobacco $3.50 cigars. $3.50
cigarettes. Tho heaviest item i'm the annual
consumption s naturally coal, Of which thoy
burn $50, 16i TONS, or almost 100 tons for
every day IN the year The consumption NJ
engine oil ~ lOiOls gallons: ~ burning oils,
30}O gallons; Of paint oil, 9,2lO gallons, of
wnste ~ tons, OF white lead, 81 tons; OF rcd
lend, l2 tons.
Ropes form another hugh item and II
lll were joined together they would stretch |
from Glasgow 10 london and forty miles |
beyond
Then, with nesewsAe Tive negipgate on.